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• He made peace with the men of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the city, because they had no provisions there to withstand a siege, since it was a sabbatical year for the land. (1 Maccabees 6, 49)

• And they brought to the king this accusation against the people: "Judas and his brothers have destroyed all your friends, and have driven us out of our land. (1 Maccabees 7, 6)

• Now then send a man whom you trust; let him go and see all the ruin which Judas has brought upon us and upon the land of the king, and let him punish them and all who help them." (1 Maccabees 7, 7)

• So they marched away and came with a large force into the land of Judah; and he sent messengers to Judas and his brothers with peaceable but treacherous words. (1 Maccabees 7, 10)

• and all who were troubling their people joined him. They gained control of the land of Judah and did great damage in Israel. (1 Maccabees 7, 22)

• So the land of Judah had rest for a few days. (1 Maccabees 7, 50)

• and what they had done in the land of Spain to get control of the silver and gold mines there, (1 Maccabees 8, 3)

• but this became known to them, and they sent a general against the Greeks and attacked them. Many of them were wounded and fell, and the Romans took captive their wives and children; they plundered them, conquered the land, tore down their strongholds, and enslaved them to this day. (1 Maccabees 8, 10)

• They trust one man each year to rule over them and to control all their land; they all heed the one man, and there is no envy or jealousy among them. (1 Maccabees 8, 16)

• "May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land for ever, and may sword and enemy be far from them. (1 Maccabees 8, 23)

• If now they appeal again for help against you, we will defend their rights and fight you on sea and on land.'" (1 Maccabees 8, 32)

• When Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judah a second time, and with them the right wing of the army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)